Bedspring



Aug. 11,1925. 1,549,275 H. A. LOCKLIN BEDSPRING Filed July 1920 AHEQF.

Patented Aug. 11, 1925.

UNlTlELD TIES HARLEY A. LOCKLIN, 0F HAMMOND, ENDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO ENTERPRISE BED CO'M- PANY, OF HAMMOND, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BEDSPRING.

Application filed July 30, 1920.

l '0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HARLEY A. LOCKLIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hammond, in the county of Lake and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedsprings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in bed springs.

The object of the invention is to provide the frame work of the bed spring with retaining clips for holding the spring from lateral displacement when supported on a bed of metal construction, the retaining clips being slidably arranged so that they may be retracted to allow the springs to be placed in the customary position on a bed of wooden construction, that is to say, between the side rails of the bed, the spring in this case being supported by the bed slats.

A bed spring so constructed has the advantage that it may be used interchangeably and \i'ltllOUt inconvenience with either a metal bed or a bed of wooden construction.

Fig. 1 is perspective View of a fragmentary portion of a bed spring applied to a metal bed frame, and embodying the principles of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a fragmentary portion of the spring shown in Fig. 1, ap plied to a wooden bed frame.

Like characters of reference designate like parts in the several figures.

The invention is illustrated as embodied in a bed spring of common construction which comprises a pair of longitudinal frame bars or members 10 spaced from the bottom of the spring proper and carrying at their opposite ends bracket members 11, to the upper ends of which there is secured by any suitable means a pair of opposed cross members 12, to which a woven fabric 13 or other resilient supporting means is attached. Only one corner of the spring is shown in the drawings. The width of the spring is such that it will pass between the side rails 14 of a wooden bed frame of standard construction, so that the frame members 10 may rest on the cross bars or bed slat 15 without the bracket members scraping the inside surfaces of the rails. When thus constructed, however, the bracket members 11 extend Serial No. 400.182.

only partially across the side rails 16 of a metal bed frame of the same standard width. The engagement of the bracket members 11 with the side rails 16 is amply sufficient to sustain the weight carried thereby, providing there is no substantial lateral movement. However, because of the likelihood of the spring shifting laterally on the metal bed frame, thereby permitting one side to drop down, it has not been considered practical to construct a spring adapted for both metal and wooden bed frames. My invention contemplates providing means associated with the spring adapted to engage the frame of the metal bed in a manner to prevent any substantial relative movement of the spring. The means for accomplishing this result may take any one of several forms and may engage the frame of the metal bed at various places. A preferred form is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 for the purpose of illustration. In the form shown, the bracket member is formed with'a horizontal portion 17 which is adapted to rest on the rail 16 and forms a bearing surface for an adjustable clip or member 18. The member 18 is preferably formed with a slot 19, and is slidably fastened to the portion 17 by any suitable means, for example, a rivet 20, the shank of which passes through the slot. The outer end of the member 18 is preferably bent around at right angles to form a hook 21.

As shown in Fig. 1, when the spring is applied to a metal bed frame, the adjustable members 18 are pulled out laterally and hook over the edge of the rail. This arrangement prevents any substantial relative movement of the spring, the members 18 effectively preventing the portion 17 of the bracket member from slipping off the rail. lVhen the spring is applied to a wooden bed the adjustable members 18 are pushed in, as shown in Fig. 2. It will thus be seen that I have provided an interchangeable bed spring which may be readily applied to either a metal bed frame-or a wooden bed frame.

I claim:

An interchangeable bed spring for use with either wooden or metal beds, comprising side bars, cross bars, corner brackets rigidly connecting said bars in the form of a frame and providing laterally extending supporting bearings for such frame, resilient supportihg means carried by said frame, and clips nicli'mtecl 011 the upper faces of said bearings and sliclable laterally for hooking Over the outer edges of the side rails of astandard Width metal bed and adapted alternatively to be retracted to a position substantially flush With the-outer faces of the supporting bearings of the frame for reception between the side rails of the corresponding standard Width Wooden bed.

HARLEY A. LOCKLJIN. 

